Morphological and phonological reconstruction of Proto-Atzinca independent personal pronouns

Authors

  • Etna T. Pascacio Montijo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24201/clecm.v2i0.19

Keywords:

historical linguistics, comparative method, pronouns, Matlatzinca, Ocuiltec

Abstract

This paper presents a morphological and phonological reconstruction of the personal independent pronouns of the Proto-Atzinca language, on the basis of data from current Matlatzinca and Ocuilteco languages and colonial documents. In all the Atzinca languages we find eleven pronouns as independent words which distinguish first, second and third person; singular, dual and plural number for each person, as well as inclusive and exclusive for the first-person dual and plural pronouns. Each of these categories is marked with different morphemes in the pronominal words. By comparing these words within the Atzinca languages and making the reconstruction for the Proto-Atzinca, we find that there are no morphological changes, but only phonological and phonetic changes.

 

Original received: 2014/05/05

Review sent to author: 2014/09/24

Accepted: 2014/10/20

 

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Published

2015-09-18

How to Cite

Pascacio Montijo, E. T. (2015). Morphological and phonological reconstruction of Proto-Atzinca independent personal pronouns. Cuadernos De Lingüística De El Colegio De México (CLECM), 2, 239–285. https://doi.org/10.24201/clecm.v2i0.19

Issue

Vol. 2 (2014): Volume 2 (December 2014-December 2015)

Section

Research Articles

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